Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-02
A PROPHETS WILL.
Text Of the Mormon Hierarch,s

Text Of the Mormon Hierarch,
Testament.
The full text of the will of Johl
Taylor, late president of the Mormon
church, is as follows:
In the name of my Creator, amen
1, John Taylor, OF Salt Lake City
in the county of Salt Lake and Terri
tory of Utah, being of the age of u
years, and being of sound mind ant
memory, do make and declare this t.
be my last will and testament.
Second-I appoint to be the execu
tors and trustees under this said will
without bonds, George John Taylor
John w, Taylor and L. John Nuttal
Third-The names Of my wives are
Fourth-Leonora Cannon Taylor
deceased, daughter Of Captain George
and Leonora Callister Cannon, de
ceased.
Fifth-Elizabeth Kaighan Taylor
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth
Garrett Kaighan, deceased.
Sixth-Jane Ballantyne Taylor
daughter of David and Annie Banner.
man Ballantyne, deceased.
Seventh-Mary Ann Oakley Taylor,
daughter of Ezra and Elizabeth
Degroot Oakley, deceased.
Eighth-Sophia Whitaker Taylor,
deceased, daughter Of Thomas and
Sophia Turner Whitaker, deceased.
Ninth-Harriet Whitaker Taylor,
deceased, daughter Of Thomas and
Sophia Turner Whitaker, deceased.
Tenth - Maggie Young Taylor,
daughter of Ebenezer Russell Young
and his wife Margaret Holden Young
(deceased).
Eleventh = Carolina Gillian (de-
ceased), daughter of - and -.
Twelfth-The children of my wife
Leonora Taylor (deceased) are my
heirs, namely:
George John Taylor, aged ffty-three
years.
Mary Anne Taylor Redfield, aged
fifty-three years.
Joseph James Taylor, aged forty
nine years.
Thirteenth-The children of my
wife Elizabeth Kaighan Taylor are
my heirs, namely:
Josephine Taylor, aged forty-one
years.
Thomas Edward Taylor, aged thir-
ty-eight years.
Arthur Bruce Taylor. aged thirty
four years.
Fourteenth-The children of my
wife, Jane Ballantyne Taylor, are my
heirs, namely:,. 5
Richard j. Taylor, aged thirty-nine
years.
Anne Taylor Hyde, aged thirty
eight years.
David John Taylor deceased.
Fifteenth-The children of my wife,
Mary Anne Oakley Taylor are my
heirs, namely:
Henry Ezra Taylor, aged thirty
eight years. -i
Brigham Oakley Taylor, aged twenty
nine years.
Ida Taylor Whitaker, aged twenty
seven years. s,.f5s
Ezra Oakley Taylor, aged twenty
four years.
Sixteenth-The children of my wife
Sophia Whitaker Taylor, deceased,
are my heirs, namely:
Harriet Anne Taylor Badger, aged
forty years.
Y Hyram w. Taylor, aged thirty-three
years. 49, t
John W. Taylor, aged twenty-nine
years.
Moses W. Taylor, aged twenty-five
years.
Fred w. Taylor, aged twenty-one
years.
Seventeenth-The children of my
wife Harriet Whitaker Taylor, de-
ceased, are my heirs, namely:
Sophia Elizabeth Taylor Nuttall,
aged thirty-eight years.
William w. Taylor, deceased.
WEighteenth-The children of my
wife Maggie Young Taylor are my
heirs, namely:
Frank Y. Taylor, aged 26 years.
Ebenezer Y. Taylor, aged 27 years.
Leonora Taylor Harrington, aged %
years. VI.
Maggie Taylor, aged II years.
Nephi Y. Taylor, aged 15 years.
Mary Taylor, aged 13 years.
Abraham Taylor, aged 8 years.
Samuel Taylor, aged years.
Nineteenth authorize my execu-
tors to settle all my trusts wherein l
am trustee, and to pay any debts
may owe in respect to the same, and
to receive whatever claim may be due |
my estate therefrom, and to make
conveyance to the assignment to the
proper party or parties of the trust es-
tate, and to take proper indemnity
and security as to all outstanding liza
bilities may be under for such trust |
estate, so that my private estate shall |
suffer no loss by reason of my liabili-
bilities for such debt; and Iower is
hereby conferred upon the executors
named in this will to designate and
determine the trust property held by
me for any use or purpose; and any
such determination by such executors !
shall be final and conclusive.
Twentieth-In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set myhand and seal this |
thirtieth day Of June, A. D., eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven. i
[SEAL.] JOHN TAYLOR.
Signed, sealed, published and de-
clared by John Taylor to be his last
will and testament, in our presence !; |
and we have at his request, in his
presence, and in the presence of each
other subscribed our names as wit
nesses thereto. SAMUEL BATEMAN,
JAMES E. MALIN.
PLAIN TALK TO JEFF DAVIS.
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